July 13, 2024
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 targeted assassination of Muhammad Deif
- At least ninety Palestinians are killed and over 300 others are wounded in a strike on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, in what the IDF states was a targeted strike against Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- July 2024 al-Shati refugee camp attack
- At least twenty Palestinians are killed by Israeli military shelling on a prayer hall in the al-Shati refugee camp during Zuhr prayer. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 targeted assassination of Muhammad Deif
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Six people are killed and 13 others are injured in Russian strikes in Myrnohrad and Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RTÉ News)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Two people are killed and twenty-five people, including two children, are injured in a Russian double tap strike on the village of Budy, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2024 shooting at a Donald Trump rally
- Former U.S. President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is injured after a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, with his condition later reported as "fine" by a spokesperson. The Butler County District Attorney reports that the suspect was shot dead and that a member of the audience was killed in the shooting. (AP) (The Guardian)
- At least eight people are killed and 21 others are injured in a shootout between security forces and inmates at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia, in an attempted prison break. The prisoners who attempted escape are allegedly al-Shabaab members. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Australia–Russia relations
- Russia accuses Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" after Australia convicted a Russian-born Australian couple with espionage. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 Wimbledon Championships
- In tennis, Barbora Krejčíková defeats Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, in the Women's singles final to win her first Wimbledon title and her second overall Grand Slam title. (Reuters) (Eurosport)